I know it’s probably just me. But…I don’t get The Birds. It’s not at all scary to me. Maybe because I am living so many years after it originally was released and I’m am nowhere near seeing it fresh and new without knowing what’s going to happens it does nothing for me. I really want to see what everyone else see. so I have seen The Birds three times now. But, I just don’t feel any tension at all when…
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I enjoyed The Knack… and How to Get It for it's sixties British humor. It feels similar to A Hard Day's Night, which makes since as that was the film Richard Lester directed before making The Knack… and How to Get It. I liked how it framed the younger lead characters against the older, stodgier British society that made disapproving comments throughout the film about what the lead characters were doing...the way older generations always do of younger generations.
However,…
Paul Verhoeven's Total Recall (1990) is always a fun watch with a big bowl of popcorn. It's got over-the-top action. It's got humor. It's got a clever sci-fi premise based on a story from Philip K. Dick and written by the team that brought us Alien. It's got a fantastic score and amazing artistic design. Total Recall looks almost like a comic-book come to life.
